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“Thread of the Real” — Celebrating George McWhirter’s Griffin Prize
I wanted to celebrate my friend and mentor, George McWhirter, with a post on the Griffin Prize Facebook page. But the site limits the number of line returns to 100, and my tribute poem has too many to post there. SO … I’m posting it here and linking to it from the Griffin Prize Facebook page. I should say that this is the title poem of my collection Thread of the Real, but it is, above all, a tribute to George.Read More
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A Don’t-Miss Reading at Bookbar on Saturday, September 7th
Two stellar poets at Bookbar: 4280 Tennyson Street, Denver, CO 80212. For more information, call 303-284-0194.Read More
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DiDiodato in Mexico
Conrad and Friend (perhapsa member of the Redwood Nation) Mexico, where we go (on the Caribbean coast of Yucatán), inspires concentration. We’re usually there in April or early May, around my sweetie’s Yoga Fiesta—and where we stay (where we’ve stayed for 17 years now) is a quite, “boutique” hotel with a pool, a bar, a lending library, and hammocks scattered here and there in palapa shade and the shade of palm and almond trees.Read More
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Perpetual Birder Alert
A hearty hello to our newest birder, Irina Moga, who lives and writes in Ontario—in both English and French—though she began writing poetry in Romania, where she won the prize for poetry debut from the magazine Tribuna in Cluj-Napoca in 1981. She has published two collections, Limita Vizibilitatii (Limit of Visibility) in 1982 and Poemul Continuu (The Continuous Poem) in 1986, both under the pen name Irina Sturza.Read More
Joseph Hutchison, Colorado Poet Laureate 2014-2019, has published 20 collections of poems and edited or co-edited three poetry anthologies. He currently directs two master’s-level programs for University College at the University of Denver: Professional Creative Writing and Arts & Culture Management. Joe lives with his wife, Melody Madonna, in the mountains southwest of Denver, Colorado, the city where he was born. 
